Creating a powerful, large-scale quantum computer depends on a clever design such that many qubits (the building block of a quantum computer) can be controlled and read out. Researchers at QuTech, a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO, have inv...
Jan 5, 2021
The University of Michigan has successfully demonstrated the "charge separation effect," predicted over a decade ago, which has important potential for direct conversion of light to electricity without the thermodynamic losses typical of...
Jan 5, 2021
Skyrmions—tiny magnetic whirls that appear in certain combinations of materials—are considered promising information carriers for future data storage. A research team from RWTH Aachen University, Kiel University, and the University of Iceland has ...
Jan 5, 2021
Catalysts form part of numerous aspects of modern society. They accelerate crucial chemical reactions, supporting industrial manufacturing, and minimizing hazardous emissions. Schematic of the setup...
Jan 5, 2021
Scientists have discovered that skyrmions untie themselves in two distinct ways. Using a magnetic field, the probability to succeed in untying can be varied by up to a factor of 10,000. This insight might be groundbreaking for future information p...
Jan 5, 2021
An emerging type of alloy nanoparticle proves more stable, durable than single-element nanoparticles. Catalysts are integral to countless
Jan 5, 2021
A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The... The post Supercapacitors Challenge Batteries: Powerful Graphen...
Jan 5, 2021
ORNL story tips: Nanoscale commuting, easy driver and defect detection.
Jan 5, 2021
A team has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The basis of the energy storage device is a novel, powerful and also sustainable graphene hybrid material that has comparable performance data to currently utilized batteries.
Jan 4, 2021
Researchers describe, how structural defects in self-assembling nacre attract and cancel each other out, eventually leading to a perfect periodic structure.
Jan 4, 2021
